Map
Everything on this page, plotted around the node — filter the layers to see one thing at a time
Getting here
Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and what's within a 1.5 km walk
Transit & cycling
- TTC bus
- 13139 nearest 423 m
- Nearest stops
- no surface stop within 300 m
- Cycling
- no bikeway on the City cycling network touches this intersection
- Bike Share
- no station within 1 km
Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.
Within walking distance 1.5 km
- Schools (3)
- Heritage Park Public SchoolEnglish Public · 790 m
- St Bede Catholic Elementary SchoolEnglish Separate · 1 km
- Fleming Public SchoolEnglish Public · 1.1 km
- Parks (3)
- Harvest Moon Park915 m
- Littles Road Park1.1 km
- Misty Hills Park1.4 km
- Places of interest
- Toronto ZooAttraction · 1.5 km
Around the corner
Food premises, public washrooms, child care and emergency services — distances are straight-line from the node
Restaurants & food
No restaurant or café sits within 300 m of the corner; 5 eating places are within a kilometre — well below the median of 73 within a kilometre. The nearest is Toronto Zoo - Africa Cocktail Bar - Africa, 766 m away, which passed its last DineSafe inspection in September 2026.
| Nearest food premises | Distance | Latest DineSafe inspection |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto Zoo - Africa Cocktail Bar - Africa · 361 Old Finch Ave | 766 m | Passed, Sep 2026 |
| Toronto Zoo - Palgong Lion Hut · 361 Old Finch Ave A | 766 m | Passed, Sep 2026 |
| Toronto Zoo - Giraffe Bar · 361 Old Finch Ave | 776 m | Passed, May 2026 |
| Toronto Zoo - Souvlaki Bros - Africa · 361 Old Finch Ave | 776 m | Passed, Nov 2025 |
| Malvern Family Resource Centre · 90 Littles Rd | 906 m | Passed, Jul 2026 |
Every establishment Toronto Public Health inspects under DineSafe, screened by name to leave out kitchens inside schools, care homes and offices. A conditional pass means infractions had to be fixed by a follow-up visit, not that the premises is closed.
Washrooms & water
No City washroom within 1 km.
Park washrooms, washrooms in City buildings and automated street toilets, with hours and status as the City publishes them (park washrooms are seasonal). Malls, shops and TTC stations are not included.
Child care
One licensed child care centre within a kilometre offers 39 spaces; it accepts City fee subsidy. The nearest is St. Bede Child Care Centre (1.0 km, 39 spaces, preschool, school age).
- St. Bede Child Care Centre · 521 Sewells Rd
39 spaces · preschool, school age · fee subsidy · $10-a-day1 km
Licensed centres only; spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
Emergency services
The nearest fire hall is Fire Station 212 (2.4 km) and the nearest ambulance station 2.4 km away.
Nearest station by straight line — not a response time, and not necessarily the station that would answer a call.
Parking
Every mapped lot within 2 km, Green P with peak occupancy, City EV charging and bike parking
Nearest lots: 251 m away, ≈58 spaces; 771 m away, ≈62 spaces; 927 m away, ≈68 spaces; 1 km away, ≈70 spaces; 1.1 km away, ≈620 spaces; 1.1 km away, ≈53 spaces.
Lot count and area from the City's topographic mapping of parking-lot footprints (every visible surface lot, public or private); spaces are estimated at one per 30 m² of lot. Lots not run by Green P are private, commercial or institutional and may be for customers or residents only. Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; rates are not shown because that list is stale — check Green P). EV chargers are City-operated only; on-street and underground parking are not included.
Traffic volume
The City's latest turning-movement count — 14-hour, Oct 15, 2025
This is a three-leg intersection with no west leg. The south leg carries the load — 2,744 northbound vehicles, or 56% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 551. The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 725 vehicles in the hour from 4:30 p.m., 56% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (466). Heavy vehicles made up 0.6% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,183 vehicles. The count is recent, so it reflects current conditions.
Approach figures are vehicles entering the intersection from that leg over the whole count. A count is one day's traffic, not an annual average; the City recounts on an ad-hoc schedule.
How fast traffic moves here
Midblock speed counts on the intersection's streets, the nearest school-zone speed sign, and traffic calming
The City's counter on Sewells Rd between Old Finch Ave and Steeles Ave E (135 m away) recorded an average of 52 km/h in its 3-day count in November 2024; 85% of drivers were at or under 59 km/h. That segment carries about 3,300 vehicles a day. Old Finch Ave between Sewells Rd and Rouge Park Finch Meander Trl measured slower: 40 km/h on average and an 85th percentile of 47 km/h (Nov 2023).
| Street segment | Counted | Vehicles / day | Average | 85th percentile | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Finch Ave · Sewells Rd – Rouge Park Finch Meander Trl · 122 m | Nov 2023 · 3 days | 1,420 | 40 km/h | 47 km/h | 50 km/h |
| Sewells Rd · Old Finch Ave – Steeles Ave E · 135 m | Nov 2024 · 3 days | 3,299 | 52 km/h | 59 km/h | 65 km/h |
Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; the 85th-percentile speed is the figure engineers use — 85% of drivers were at or below it. Counts are ad hoc, so some are years old. A midblock reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data.
All police-reported collisions
Every collision reported to Toronto Police within 65 m, any severity, 2016–2025
2022 was the peak year (13 collisions), and 2025 closed with 9. 17% of collisions here involved an injury, in line with the 15% citywide. 17 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 20% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. None of the collisions in the window involved a pedestrian or cyclist. Since January 2026, 3 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from May 26, 2026.
By year
Exposure-adjusted: 17.7 collisions per year per 10,000 daily vehicles, using the latest 14-hour count.
| 2016–2025 | Collisions | |
|---|---|---|
| All reported collisions | 87 | #1279 of 5,508 |
| With an injury | 15 | #1216 of 4,660 |
| Property damage only | 60 | |
| Fail to remain | 17 | |
| Involving a pedestrian | 0 | |
| Involving a cyclist | 0 | |
| Involving a motorcyclist | 0 | |
| With a fatality | 0 | |
| Severity not classified | 12 | |
| Since January 2026 (outside the window) | 3 | |
| All since 2014 | 98 | latest May 26, 2026 |
Source: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data — every collision reported to police since 2014, within 65 m of this node. Records through Jun 30, 2026.
Killed or seriously injured
Collisions in which someone died or was seriously injured, within 65 m, 2016–2025 — the basis of the danger rankings
Nothing in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Jul 16, 2007.
KSI = killed or seriously injured. A collision is counted if its recorded location is within 65 m of this intersection's centreline node, whether the police coded it as intersection-related or mid-block. Records can lag a year or more, so the current year is excluded from rankings.
Nearby intersections
Questions
Is Sewells & Old Finch (North) a dangerous intersection?
Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 87 lesser collisions. High counts usually track high traffic volume rather than a design flaw; volume is shown alongside so the numbers can be read in context.
How busy is Sewells & Old Finch (North)?
A lightly travelled intersection. It ranks #2023 of 2,390 counted intersections for vehicles, 30% of the median for a counted intersection.
How fast do cars go at Sewells & Old Finch (North)?
The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Sewells Rd between Old Finch Ave and Steeles Ave E (November 2024), found an average of 52 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 59 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.
Where can I park near Sewells & Old Finch (North)?
There is no Green P car park within 2 km. The City's mapping shows 44 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 7,700 spaces — 1 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots.
How do I get to Sewells & Old Finch (North) by transit?
Bus routes 131, 39 within 1 km.
What restaurants are near Sewells & Old Finch (North)?
None within 300 m, and 5 within a kilometre, according to Toronto Public Health's DineSafe inspection list. The closest are Toronto Zoo - Africa Cocktail Bar - Africa (766 m), Toronto Zoo - Palgong Lion Hut (766 m), Toronto Zoo - Giraffe Bar (776 m), Toronto Zoo - Souvlaki Bros - Africa (776 m) and Malvern Family Resource Centre (906 m). Each one's latest inspection result is shown on this page; DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.
Is there child care near Sewells & Old Finch (North)?
One licensed child care centre within 1 km, with 39 spaces in total; it accepts City fee subsidy and it is in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest is St. Bede Child Care Centre (1.0 km, 39 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.
What neighbourhood is Sewells & Old Finch (North) in?
Sewells & Old Finch (North) is in Morningside Heights (City of Toronto neighbourhood 144). It is in Ward 25, Scarborough-Rouge Park, represented by Councillor Neethan Shan.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined
- Traffic counts: City of Toronto, Traffic Volumes – Multimodal Intersection Turning Movement Counts, latest count Oct 15, 2025.
- Serious-injury collisions: City of Toronto / Toronto Police Service, Motor Vehicle Collisions involving Killed or Seriously Injured Persons, records through Aug 29, 2026.
- All collisions: Toronto Police Service, Traffic Collisions Open Data, records through Jun 30, 2026.
- Cameras: City of Toronto, Red Light Cameras.
- Speeds and calming: Midblock Vehicle Speed, Volume and Classification Counts.
- Around the corner: DineSafe (Toronto Public Health); Licensed Child Care Centres; Fire Station Locations, Police Facility Locations, Ambulance Station Locations.
- Ward and BIA: Wards and Elected Councillors (Ward 25 councillor), Business Improvement Areas.
- Getting here: TTC Routes and Schedules (GTFS), GO Transit GTFS, UP Express GTFS, VIA Rail GTFS, MiWay (Mississauga) GTFS, Durham Region Transit GTFS, Brampton Transit GTFS, York Region Transit GTFS, Bike Share Toronto, Cycling Network. Data provided with permission of Metrolinx where GO and UP Express appear.
- Walking distance: City of Toronto School Locations, Parks and Recreation Facilities, Library Branch General Information, Places of Interest and Attractions, Traffic Signals Tabular, Neighbourhoods.
- Parking: Topographic Mapping – Physical Area of Parking Lots, Green P Parking with Parking Occupancy, City-Operated EV Charging Stations, Street Furniture – Bicycle Parking, Bicycle Parking Racks, High-Capacity Bicycle Parking, Indoor Bike Stations.
- Coordinates: 43.82531, -79.19954 · centreline node 13441718.